Shloka 9
अग्निशाप-प्रसंगः
Agni’s Curse and the Restoration of Ritual Order
Devanagari script
देवता: पितरस्तस्मात् पितरश्नापि देवता: । एकीभूताश्न पूज्यन्ते पृथक्त्वेन च पर्वसु,“अत: देवता पितर हैं और पितर ही देवता हैं। विभिन्न पर्वोपर ये दोनों एक रूपमें भी पूजे जाते हैं और पृथक्-पृथक् भी
Transliteration
devatāḥ pitaras tasmāt pitaro 'pi devatāḥ | ekībhūtāś ca pūjyante pṛthaktvena ca parvasu ||
Translation
Śaunaka said: “Therefore the gods are, in essence, the Fathers (Pitṛs), and the Pitṛs too are gods. In the observances and sacred occasions (parvans), they are worshipped sometimes as one unified reality and sometimes as distinct—each in its own form.”
Word by Word
देवताःgods, deities
देवताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
पितरःancestors, fathers (manes)
पितरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तस्मात्therefore, from that (reason)
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
पितरःancestors
पितरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
देवताःdeities
देवताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
एकीभूताःhaving become one, united
एकीभूताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएकीभूत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पूज्यन्तेare worshipped
पूज्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootपूज्
FormPresent, Indicative, Passive, Third, Plural
पृथक्त्वेनseparately, in separateness
पृथक्त्वेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपृथक्त्व
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पर्वसुon festival occasions, at rites/holy days
पर्वसु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
Speaker
शौनक उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚaunakaD
Devatās (gods)P
Pitṛs (ancestors)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes